In Vain

Story Behind The Song

Give peace a chance

Song Description

Elegy

Song Length 3:25 Genre Folk - Alternative, Folk - Contemporary
Lead Vocal Male Vocal Mood Nonviolent
Subject Protest Language English

Lyrics

They're dying
They're dying
They're dying in Aleppo like flies
While the politicians peddle lies

I'm crying
I'm crying
I'm crying for the mothers and their sons
Dislocated by the sound of guns

I'm trying
I'm trying
I'm trying to understand
Why the children lose their limbs in no-man's-land

I'm dying
I'm dying
I'm dying for the dawning of the day
When the sunbeams drive the clouds away

I'm sighing
I'm sighing
I'm sighing for the weeping of the wives
Who are grieving for their husbands' lives

I'm flying
I'm flying
I'm flying from the ministers of death
Who will squeeze from me my very last breath

I'm singing
I'm singing
I'm singing my song in vain
For the sunshine turns to rain
The sunshine turns to rain - again



Copyright © 2008 James Neilson Graham

Lyrics James Neilson Graham Music James Neilson Graham
Producer Bauer Studios Performance James Neilson Graham

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